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The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application!

CIO Business Intelligence

years after its launch in June 2006. Instead, it’s targeting test and development functions, with the goal of making it easier for enterprises to set up such environments whenever they need them, without having to leave costly excess mainframe capacity sitting idle the rest of the time. years, with an additional 7.4

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10 IT skills where expertise pays the most

CIO Business Intelligence

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is an architectural framework used for software development that focuses on applications and systems as independent services. The J2EE platform is designed to run and develop Java applications in the enterprise.

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What is TOGAF? An enterprise architecture methodology for business

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The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is an enterprise architecture methodology that offers a high-level framework for enterprise software development. The TOGAF certification is especially useful for enterprise architects , because it’s a common methodology and framework used in the field. TOGAF definition.

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Fountainhead: What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application?

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What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application? They dont interact with the applications unique. solution if you really understand the specific application. OASIS Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA). What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application? ► 2006. (2).

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Bill Gates’ TerraPower wins $8.5M in federal funding for conversion of used nuclear fuel

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“ARPA-E is doing just that by supporting companies and universities that are working on next-generation technologies to modernize advanced reactors and strengthen the nation’s clean energy enterprise.”. Gates was one of the TerraPower’s founders in 2006, and still serves as its chairman.

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VMware by Broadcom: The First 100 Days

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And we believe it delivers this at a lower cost of ownership for the average enterprise customer, compared with the ever-increasing cost of a public cloud. He has held this position since March 2006. To allow more customers to benefit from VCF, we’ve cut the previous subscription list price by half and increased support service levels.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

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Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.